Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter said Thursday the state scholarship lottery, which begins Monday, will provide one solution to raising the income of state residents.

23 replies. Last post 9 minutes ago by Grovel . The logo doesn’t look very fun to me, and it doesn’t look like a lottery logo. I wish the lotteries would stop throwing “education” in our faces.

Proceeds from Indiana’s lottery were down by more than 17 percent in the past fiscal year, marking the sharpest decline in profits nationwide.

After letting it sit in a napkin holder for six months, Lydia Burke yesterday found better use for her winning lottery ticket, claiming her $250,000 prize eight hours before it expired. Burke, 62, of Mechanicsville, collected her check for the March 27 Mega Millions drawing at 9 a.m. yesterday. It would have expired at 5 p.m., 180 days after it was drawn.